Glasses and Full Face Helmets.

[smokin joe]

I've just upgraded from an open face lid to a flip front for the winter. Now getting glasses on with an open face is bad enough, but a painful nightmare on a full face and sooner or later I'll probably break one of the arms.

I am just about legal without glasses, but I'd rather wear them. Anyone know where I can get a pair of prescription specs that are made with bikers in mind?

[doggone]

You might be able to slightly modify the helmet padding to make it easier, how about alternative glasses with thinner arms.
Contacts out of the question?

[smokin joe]

[doggone]

They all vary but you can often at least get cheek pads out often held in with poppers or velcro.
The actual padding is like polystyrene it might compress a few mm with a bit of gentle force.

[Shaft]

I'm slightly surprised you didn't figure this out before you bought, it's the first thing I check when I try a new lid - doesn't matter how much I love the way it fits, what it looks like or how much it costs, if I can't comfortably put on and wear my glasses, I don't buy it.

What you need is a bit of a slot going across your temples to the top of the ears.

If you have a removable lining, then take it out and use something like a needle file to put a groove into the polystyrene, not too deep, just enough.

Or, if you've only just bought it, go back and change it for something else, quite a few manufacturers include spectacle slots into their designs.

Or, get different frames that will work better.
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[ThatDippyTwat]

Yup, You're right, you can break your glasses. Done that, always carry a spare pair now, as I'm full on Mr Magoo without them. It seems that with my head shape, Arai lids and glasses do not mix even with the tiny frames that I wear, but HJC work well for me (current main lid is an IS-17). You need to check this before you buy, which may be tricky in the current climate. Use your old lid again if it's usable until you get a new lid.
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[Skudd]

When I get new glasses I take my lid in to see if they fit and I can put them on with my lid on. The arms to my glasses are very bendy.

Fogging is my main issue. Have never found a satisfactory method to stop fogging.
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[Kentol750]

+1with skudd, mine have very straight arms and slide in fine.
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[ZebraDriver]

A mate of mine used to cut the arms of his glasses in half to use them with a FF helmet. Does mean that you need two pairs though

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[Keithy]

https://www.championhelmets.com/en/blogs/motorhelmen-en-kleding-wereld/best-glasses-friendly-motorcycle-helmets-2020-guid/

When I was trying helmets I’m sure the chap at the shop said quite a few are designed with a narrow furrow in the lining where the arms of your glasses go?

[Wonko The Sane]

[Polarbear]

My favourite helmet is an HJC CL max that was advertised as having a glasses groove. It's utterly brilliant and I get very little pressure on my temples wearing glasses.

That doesn't help you I know, but what were you thinking of, not trying with glasses before you bought.
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[MarJay]

I tend to go for Oakley frames which have straight arms with no hooks. I also check my lid before I buy one, my Shoei GT-Air is really good, as were the HJC's I've had recently.
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[Tdibs]

I know some people are set in their ways or cant have them due to prescription, but contact lenses are the only real answer. Worn glasses all my life, but I only wear contacts when I ride, I hate the feeling of glasses on in a lid, feels like I lose all peripheral vision and the fogging is a pain.

Having a monthly pair of contacts makes it all super easy.
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[Fisty]

[smokin joe]

Problem solved!!!

Found an old pair of plastic framed reading glasses, dipped the arms in hot water to soften them and straightened the ends so they don't point inwards and they slid straight into the helmet no bother.

A pair of prescription glasses now ordered from Select Specs, cheap enough at £16.95 delivered so I can bend them to shape without worrying about losing a small fortune if they break

[Ian193]

I manage to get my viper flip front helmet on and off with my glasses on
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Best solution to this problem: Photorefractive keratectomy. Best money you’ll ever spend.
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[MCN]

You need Visionpal.

https://divesightltd.com/collections/prescription-dive-masks/?gclid=Cj0KCQiA2af-BRDzARIsAIVQUOdssJQquP3rOnvw9iOkTTpX8v2otam1rl-fjQxAuI7MgC8cNHm3kZgaAtk_EALw_wcB
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[Shaft]